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Events Calendar

Conferences/public lectures

The Centre normally holds three one-to-two day conferences in the academic year, and may host others, as well as offering public lectures. The Stephen Copley lecture is held annually, and CECS staff have given papers for the York Festival of Ideas.

Research Seminars

Where the CECS community of staff and students gather to hear and debate the latest research about the eighteenth century. Centre research seminars are held regularly in semester time on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in KG/07 at King's Manor.

Postgraduate Forum

The CECS Postgraduate Forum is a student-lead interdisciplinary research group that meets to listen to and discuss papers from fellow York postgrads, students from other universities, and visiting professors, in a relaxed and friendly environment.

 

Forthcoming Events

Tue
29
Apr

Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800): Literary Landscaper

Nicolle Jordan explores Elizabeth Montagu's property ownership during the eighteenth century.

Tue
13
May

Copley Lecture: The Great Frost of 1708/09: Thermometers and Representations of Climate Disruption

Tita Chico addresses how temperatures and climate disruptions were experienced and understood in the eighteenth century.

Fri
16
May

Book sale

Come and find your next favourite read!

Tue
20
May

The Dust of Accidents: Rethinking the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essay

Paul Keen examines the cultural work of periodical essays.

Previous events

York Unplanned: Reflections on a Changing City in the 21st Century

Saturday 12 April 2025

Part of the York Georgian Society 2024/2025 Autumn Lecture Series.

Visit to the Minster Archives to view 18th century source material

Friday 4 April 2025

Join us for a visit to the Minster Archives.

Strangers to the City: Travel and Tourism in Eighteenth-Century London

Tuesday 11 March 2025

Alison O'Byrne will discuss the perceptions of London in the eighteenth century within the European culture of travel and tourism.

A Maze without a Plan? Display in Sir John Soane’s Museum

Saturday 8 March 2025

Part of the York Georgian Society 2024/2025 Autumn Lecture Series.

Victorian Expansions 2025

Friday 21 February 2025

Join us for our one-day Victorian Studies conference, on the topic of 'Victorian Expansions'.